You Can't Spell Malaise Without LA

Another Hollywood tragedy, I need to leave early today, success is around the corner, a fight that nobody won, revisiting Greene, a brilliant Branzi, news snippets, and Merry Christmas. Stuff mentioned: Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua (December 19, 2025), The Rich Man's Wife (1996), The Caretaker (2025), 12 to Midnight (2024), 10 to Midnight (1983), Olivia Nuzzi American Canto (2025), and Carlos Lozada "Olivia Nuzzi, Karine Jean-Pierre and Eric Trump Have All Written the Same Book" (The New York Times, December 16, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/olivia-nuzzi-karine-jean-pierre-eric-trump.html).